FINRA Bars TCFG Broker Charles Acheson Laverty From Securities Industry Charles Acheson Laverty (CRD#: 4875386, Newport Beach, California) is a former TCFG Wealth Management LLC securities representative who is now barred from the securities industry by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) pursuant to Hearing Panel Decision #2016050205901 dated November 13, 2018.  The Hearing Panel […]

Quest Capital Strategies’ Frank Dietrich Barred For Selling Away Frank Dietrich (CRD#: 2506091, Lake Forest, California), who is a former Quest Capital Strategies securities broker, just got barred from the securities industry by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) for engaging in private securities transactions, according to a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent #2018057197801 […]

Morgan Stanley’s James Polese Dealt Prison Sentence For Fraud James Polese (CRD#: 2636427, Boston, Massachusetts), who is a prior Morgan Stanley investment advisor, is going to prison for committing fraud. Polese pleaded guilty to eight counts of felony bank fraud, one count of felony conspiracy, one count of investment adviser fraud, and one count of […]

IFS Broker Richard Grant Cody Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges Richard Grant Cody (CRD#: 2794558, Spring Lake, New Jersey), a former IFS Securities registered representative, has pleaded guilty to the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts’ charges of Cody committing investment advisor fraud against retired investors in the state of Massachusetts, and making […]

Soreide Law Group Investigating IMS Securities For Unsuitability Soreide Law Group is investigating claims on behalf of investors who purchased investments from IMS Securities, Inc. (CRD#: 35567, Houston, Texas) – a brokerage firm that has been expelled by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) for failing to pay a fine. FINRA fined the firm pursuant […]

Merrill Lynch Broker Christopher Lee Hibbard Indicted For Fraud Christopher Lee Hibbard (CRD#: 3176484, Louisville, Kentucky) is a prior registered representative of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“Merrill Lynch”) who was indicted in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky on nine counts of wire fraud and one count […]

Regulators Suspend Thrivent Broker Robert William Ward Robert William Ward (CRD#: 4324025, Eagan, Minnesota) has been a registered representative of Thrivent Investment Management, Inc. since May 19, 2015. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) has suspended Ward in all capacities from associating with FINRA broker-dealers, and fined him $7,500.00 according to a Letter of Acceptance, […]

Western International Securities Broker Dawn Bennett Guilty Of Fraud Dawn Bennett (CRD#: 1567051, Chevy Chase, Maryland) has been a registered representative of Western International Securities, Inc. between October 1, 2009 and December 1, 2015. On October 17, 2018, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced that a federal jury found Bennett […]

Buckman, Buckman & Reid, Inc. VP Investigated For Failure To Supervise Harry John Buckman Jr (CRD#: 2202467, Little Silver, New Jersey) is presently the senior vice president of Buckman, Buckman & Reid, Inc., a brokerage firm regulated by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) with main offices in Little Silver, New Jersey that conducts securities business […]